By Michael Ryan: October 8, 2017. On Sunday morning, October 1st, I was playing a round of golf at the Royal St. Kitts Golf Course at Frigate Bay. On the 14th hole there were a few waders on the fairway, which I hardly gave a glance, until one of them caught my eye. Initially, I thought it was a Lesser […]
ANOTHER NEW BIRD FOR ST.KITTS – APRIL 2017
By Michael Ryan Following the first sighting of the Shiny Cowbird in St. Kitts earlier this month, another new bird has just been spotted. On the Easter Weekend, on Sunday, April 16, I was birdwatching on the South East Peninsula in the woodlands a bit south of the Christophe Harbour’s Pavilion restaurant, when I saw movement in the top of […]
2017 — FIRST NEW BIRD FOR ST.KITTS (BUT NOT FOR NEVIS)
Some birds are expanding their range throughout the Caribbean, generally heading northwards. We have recently recorded a couple of birds that were first (and recently) spotted in Nevis but had never been seen here. I got a call from Stacy Hobson, who lives in the hills overlooking the capital of St. Kitts, Basseterre, that there was an unidentified bird feeding […]
FIRST NEW BIRD FOR 2015
Our friends in Nevis have reported the sighting of a new bird for the Federation of St.Kitts & Nevis. Mr. Michael Biro observed the specie on the trail to Mt. Nevis, on 15 February 2015. It is a Spectacled Thrush (Turdus Nudigenis), and was formerly known as the Bare-eyed Robin and also a Bare-eyed Thrush. The Spectacled Thrush is found […]
Another Three Rare Bird Sightings!
Although I don’t get out too often, I managed to escape into the field over a few days in October, during the peak of the migratory season. While up at Wingfield Level on October 16, I was pleased with the Warbler activity. In one stretch of trees I saw a Black & White Warbler, a Yellow Warbler, an American Redstart […]
TWO NEWS BIRDS FOR ST.KITTS????
Campbell Evelyn was a naturalist, an environmentalist and a patriot of St. Kitts & Nevis. He loved the outdoors and was an avid camper. He loved birding. And he also loved hunting! It is claimed that Campell could identify many birds, not only by sight or by sound, but also by taste! He was instrumental in raising awareness in the […]
FIRST NEW BIRD REPORT — 2014
On March 23rd Percy Hanley was on the South East Peninsula passing the time by doing a little birding in the area around the artificial ponds created by the development of Christophe Harbour. He suddenly heard a call with which he was not familiar. He saw this greyish bird with a whitish eyebrow stripe, two wing bars, and long tail. […]
RARE BIRDS GALORE IN MARCH 2014!
March is turning out to be an interesting month for rare birds in St. Kitts, with five rare birds making an appearance! And one of these birds is a first for St.Kitts! The first to be spotted was a White-crowned Pigeon sighted on March 3, by Glenroy Blanchette by the Fisherman’s Wharf restaurant area. Interestingly enough, I also saw a […]
First Rare Bird For 2014
Having not had time for any birding over the past few weeks, I decided that on late Friday afternoon, I would briefly pass by the Frigate Bay Pond, on the way to my Kid’s football game. This was on February 1st, 2014. It was full of Common Gallinules, Caribbean Coots, a few Blue-winged Teals, and one very conspicuous white bird! […]
ANOTHER NEW BIRD FOR ST.KITTS
Searching the web has its benefits! Last week I had a bit of spare time and entered “birding st.kitts” and several pages back I came across a birding blog by Jerry Jourdan who had visited St. Kitts a couple of years ago on a cruise ship. The date was March 4th, 2010 to be exact. He described that as the […]